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Bribery
Definition
The offering, promising, giving, accepting or soliciting of an advantage as an inducement
for an action which is illegal, unethical or a breach of trust. Inducements can take the form
of gifts, loans, fees, rewards or other advantages (taxes, services, donations, etc.). 8
Example in practice
More than 15 percent of respondents to a national household survey in Guatemala reported
that they paid a bribe when trying to (re)connect to the public water system. 9 In
Bangladesh, 64,5 percent of citizens in a national survey responded that they paid a bribe
when interacting with law enforcement agencies. Bribery across all agencies in Bangladesh
is estimated to reduce the country’s national income by 3,84 percent. 10
Relevant links
—— OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
www.oecd.org/department/0,3355,en_2649_34859_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
——Transparency International’s Bribe Payers Index.
www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/bpi
——Transparency International’s Business Principles for Countering Bribery.
www.transparency.org/global_priorities/private_sector/business_principles
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TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL PLAIN LANGUAGE GUIDE - JULY 2009